Objectives: To assess the awareness towards dental waste including mercury management and also the awareness of radiological waste, disposal of surgical waste among dental students. Materials and Method: An epidemiologic survey was conducted in 109 dental students. The survey was composed of 21 self-administered questions frame based on knowledge, attitude and those regarding the practice of dentists in relation to dental health-care waste management. The resulting data were coded and a statistical analysis was done. Result: The results showed that 43.11% of dental students were aware about more than 50% of questions, 20.18% of dental students were aware about more than 60% of questions and about 36.69% of dental students were not having adequate knowledge of BMW. Awareness per question shows that approximately 42.85% of dental students were aware about more than 50% of questions. Frequency of students attending about 50% of question was about 47.61% whereas 28.57% students attended all 21 questions. Conclusion: It was concluded that not all dental students were aware of the BMW. A large population of the dental students were not practicing proper method of health-care waste disposal, hence there is an utmost need to educate almost the dental practitioners regarding proper practice measure.
